Convert arable land to extensive grassland

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Links to: Link details Item Increase vegetative uptake of nutrients by arable crops Maintain vegetative cover on fields Reduce cultivations Increase number of ruminant livestock Reduce nutrient inputs to arable land Increase carbon sequestration

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Method 1. Convert arable land to extensive grassland, in Cuttle, S.P., C.J.A. Macleod, D.R. Chadwick, D. Scholefield, P.M. Haygarth, P. Newell-Price, D. Harris, M.A. Shepherd, B.J. Chambers, and R. Humphrey. (2007) An Inventory of Methods to Control Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture (DWPA): User manual ES0203. Defra, London

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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